Abortion Deaths - D

Each woman's story includes whatever documentation I can find to substantiate her death.

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"Sadie D.," December 22 or 23, 1909 Age: 39 Suspected abortion, unknown perpetrator Betty Damato, February 25, 1980 Age: 26 Knowingly sent home with retained fetus; infection Mary Ann Dancy July 27, 1990 Age: 32 Sent home with lacerated cervix; bled to death Roberta Danks February 17, 1949 Age: 28 Implicated physician died during investigation; accessory pleaded guilty Minnie Darage, October 17, 1882 Age: 20 Unidentified perpetrator Angel Dardie, August 3, 1982 Age: 22 Clotting problems triggered by risky saline abortion Mary Davies, December 9, 1956 Age: 26 Dr. Robert Spencer acquitted on grounds fetus may have died before abortion was initiated Barbaralee Davis, June 14, 1977 Age: 18 Sent home from NAF clinic with uterine laceration; bled to death Della Davis, May 18, 1925 Age: 25 Unidentified perpetrator Glenda Davis, March 14, 1989 Age: 31 Internal injuries; transferred to hospital in car; bled to death Kathy Davis, February 6, 1987 Age: 26 Unidentified facility, unspecified abortion method; heart failure Margaret Davis, July 15, 1972 Age: 33 Sickle cell crisis triggered by abortion Sharon Davis, January 9, 1983 Age: 17 Uterine perforation during abortion at hospital Nancy Dawson, March 21, 1927 Age: 25 Physician and midwife arrested; outcome of cases unknown to me Margaret Ruth Day, January 12, 1928 Age: 20 Physician implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Catharine DeBreuxal, February 20, 1856 Age: 17 First of four deaths linked to Dr. Charles Cobel; acquitted on technicality regarding deathbed statement Minnie Deering, January 25, 1891 Age 23 4th of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; attorney got judge to strike off case Annie DeGroote, September 29, 1917 Age: 27 Physician arrested, no trial Arlin della Cruz, October 15, 1992 Age: 19 Suicide by hanging after abortion Evelyn Dellorto, July 26, 1930 Age: 20 Physician acquitted for reason not indicated in source Anna Dennin, August 27, 1909 Age: 23 Physician implicated; outcome of case not known to me Synthia Dennard, September 7, 1989 Age: 24 Last of three known deaths at Biogenetics; uterine artery severed; bled to death Emma Dep, August 24, 1888 4th of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; no evidence of serious investigation made Louise Derchow, August 21, 1887 Age: 23 First of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; 2 hung juries, one acquittal after death of primary witness; Hagenow relocated to Chicago Alerte Desanges, September 16, 1994 Age: 36 Sudden embolism during abortion by Dr. David Gluck at Choices Women's Medical Center in Queens. Marina Deschapell, August 17, 1978 Age: 34 Unexplained death immediately after abortion Rosa Device, May 5, 1878 Age: c. 26 Unspecified abortifacient Helen Devora, November 22, 1917 Age: 20 Unidentified perpetrator Violet Diancalana, February 17, 1929 Age: 25 Lay abortionist indicted; outcome of case unknown to me Patricia Dickinson, August 11, 1946 Age: 18 Lay abortionist Theo Kilmer pleaded guilty Katherine DiDonato, October 23, 1936 Age: 26 Second of two deaths linked to Dr. Aloysius Mulholland; outcome of case unknown to me Cecelia Dieber, July 31, 1918 Age: 20 Dr. Herman Spangler pleaded guilty Annie Dier, 1885 Physician arrested; outcome of case unknown to me Barbara Dillon, May 11, 1981 Age: 22 Failure to detect ectopic pregnancy by Dr. Mark Silver at Long Island Gynecological Group Eleanor Dillon, December 14, 1916 Age: 19 Physician acquitted for reason not specified Anna Marie Dimford, September 29, 1915 Age: 21 Physician and midwife arrested; outcome of cases unknown to me Mary Dix, November 30, 1874 Age: 25 Apparent self-induced by unspecified method Rosina Doerr, September 5, 1887 Age: 34 Midwife acquitted for reasons not specified Agnes Dohrer, July 3, 1918 Age: 17 Physician arrested; outcome of case unknown to me Bertha Dombrowski, February 23, 1917 Age: 28 Physician implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Mary Donigan, February 6, 1870 Age: 22 Unidentified perpetrator Annie Doran, July 12, 1889 Age 24 Sources unclear; possibly self-induced with abortifacient Annie Dories, June 26, 1888 Age: 16 Third of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; 3 hung juries, simultaneous prosecution for another case; Hagenow relocated to Chicago Laniece DorseyFebruary 6, 1986 Age: 17 5th of 16 deaths at NAF member chain Family Planning Associates; anesthesia mishap Mary Jane Douds, May 21, 1900 Age: 26 Unidentified perpetrator Tamika Dowdy December 2, 1998 Age: 22 Unclear chain of events at NAF member Brooklyn Women's Medical Pavilion Mary Doyle, October 2, 1867 Unidentified perpetrator Gwendolyn Drummer, January 31, 1972 Age: 15 Saline got into bloodstream during hospital abortion Anjelica Duarte, November 1, 1991 Age: 21 Abortion recommended for health reasons; delayed care for hemorrhage Evelyn Dudley, March 16, 1973 Age: 38 First of three deaths at Friendship Medical Center; ruptured cervix and vagina Margaret Dwyer, May 24, 1912 Age: 24 Probable lay abortionist arrested; outcome of case unknown to me Clara Duvall March 27, 1929 Age: 32 Unconfirmed self-induced with knitting needle	* The Colonial Era The 19th Century The 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000s The 2010s	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O PQ R S T UV WXYZ Jane Roes